Daniel Thompson
@brambledan.bsky.social
Co-host of @hallmarkpodcast, The Film Library a @kanopy podcast, and more. Co-creator of Bramble Jam podcast network.
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Merry Christmas Eve 🎄✨
Go be kind to people and rewatch The Christmas Baby 👶🎬
Our full episode is out now (if that’s how you want to spend your Christmas Eve 😂)
🎧📺: Deckthehallmark.com
Go be kind to people and rewatch The Christmas Baby 👶🎬
Our full episode is out now (if that’s how you want to spend your Christmas Eve 😂)
🎧📺: Deckthehallmark.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Merry Christmas Eve 🎄✨
Go be kind to people and rewatch The Christmas Baby 👶🎬
Our full episode is out now (if that’s how you want to spend your Christmas Eve 😂)
🎧📺: Deckthehallmark.com
Go be kind to people and rewatch The Christmas Baby 👶🎬
Our full episode is out now (if that’s how you want to spend your Christmas Eve 😂)
🎧📺: Deckthehallmark.com
Once again in awe of the cognitive dissonance of the avatar franchise. It hit me again mid-FIRE AND ASH the most technologically innovative world building and theatrical experience I've ever seen, all in service of what amounts to a 9hr coexist bumper sticker. Enthralling, but also kind of a downer.
December 22, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Once again in awe of the cognitive dissonance of the avatar franchise. It hit me again mid-FIRE AND ASH the most technologically innovative world building and theatrical experience I've ever seen, all in service of what amounts to a 9hr coexist bumper sticker. Enthralling, but also kind of a downer.
Anyone else having a hard time with new eps of Stanger Things? Like huge chunks of bad dialogue, some kids that haven't aged into good acting, some that have and just don't care about this anymore? Even more redundant plot than some prior seasons? Should I just shutup and let ppl enjoy their thing?
November 30, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Anyone else having a hard time with new eps of Stanger Things? Like huge chunks of bad dialogue, some kids that haven't aged into good acting, some that have and just don't care about this anymore? Even more redundant plot than some prior seasons? Should I just shutup and let ppl enjoy their thing?
What we need in 2026: Healthcare for all, reproductive rights for all, ice abolished, no kings.
What we're getting: Grown Ups 3 with all original cast returning.
We're all effed.
What we're getting: Grown Ups 3 with all original cast returning.
We're all effed.
October 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
What we need in 2026: Healthcare for all, reproductive rights for all, ice abolished, no kings.
What we're getting: Grown Ups 3 with all original cast returning.
We're all effed.
What we're getting: Grown Ups 3 with all original cast returning.
We're all effed.
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish is low key one of the best midlife crisis movies of the 2020s.
September 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish is low key one of the best midlife crisis movies of the 2020s.
6th trip on @frontierairlines.bsky.social and certainly my last. Every trip a new, different fresh hell of problems. Currently with 50+ folks stuck over an hour in a boarding tunnel because maintenance forgot to service the bathrooms. Allegiant/Spirit are luxury lines by comparison. Never again.
August 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
6th trip on @frontierairlines.bsky.social and certainly my last. Every trip a new, different fresh hell of problems. Currently with 50+ folks stuck over an hour in a boarding tunnel because maintenance forgot to service the bathrooms. Allegiant/Spirit are luxury lines by comparison. Never again.
My kid is learning Eye of the Tiger in drum lessons, so he asked to watch Rocky IV. I said he had to watch the original first (duh). I warned him and his brother that it's older and they might think it's boring. Watching it now. They're locked in. Nbd just crying that my kids just love good stories.
July 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
My kid is learning Eye of the Tiger in drum lessons, so he asked to watch Rocky IV. I said he had to watch the original first (duh). I warned him and his brother that it's older and they might think it's boring. Watching it now. They're locked in. Nbd just crying that my kids just love good stories.
I absolutely ADORED JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH. It looks and sounds as good as anyone in the franchise since the first. It's the scariest film since the original, and also best score since 1. I also just think the lack of trying to train raptors with a palm in the air also helps a ton. My rankings:
July 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I absolutely ADORED JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH. It looks and sounds as good as anyone in the franchise since the first. It's the scariest film since the original, and also best score since 1. I also just think the lack of trying to train raptors with a palm in the air also helps a ton. My rankings:
Rewatching the Jurassic movies with my kids (who are LOVING them, even the reaaaallly bad ones), and I gotta say, maybe my hottest film take is that Fallen Kingdom is the 2nd best Jurassic movie of all time behind the original. And I don't think it's close.
June 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Rewatching the Jurassic movies with my kids (who are LOVING them, even the reaaaallly bad ones), and I gotta say, maybe my hottest film take is that Fallen Kingdom is the 2nd best Jurassic movie of all time behind the original. And I don't think it's close.
A MINECRAFT MOVIE is Jared Hess's best work as a director.
This is only technically a compliment.
This is only technically a compliment.
April 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
A MINECRAFT MOVIE is Jared Hess's best work as a director.
This is only technically a compliment.
This is only technically a compliment.
Watching the Raimi Spider Man movies with my kids. If you thought Spider-Man 3 was bad in 2007, imagine how awful it is now. Because it's worse than that.
April 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Watching the Raimi Spider Man movies with my kids. If you thought Spider-Man 3 was bad in 2007, imagine how awful it is now. Because it's worse than that.
I think there's a direct correlation between my waning enjoyment of Severance with the exact moment they started using "inny" and "outy" on the regular.
April 5, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I think there's a direct correlation between my waning enjoyment of Severance with the exact moment they started using "inny" and "outy" on the regular.
Listen it's certainly not award worthy, but the fact that THE GORGE didn't get a theatrical release when I had to sit through drivel like ARGYLLE last year is preposterous. This movie would've popped on the big screen.
February 16, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Listen it's certainly not award worthy, but the fact that THE GORGE didn't get a theatrical release when I had to sit through drivel like ARGYLLE last year is preposterous. This movie would've popped on the big screen.
Not me crying watching my kids watch the 2010 reboot of Karate Kid.
February 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Not me crying watching my kids watch the 2010 reboot of Karate Kid.
Sure, our forts have been renamed after racist losers, rights are being stripped as we speak, fascism is in full swing, and anyone that's not a cis white American‐born male is in actual danger... but at least inflation is back up and eggs are thirty bucks a dozen.
February 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Sure, our forts have been renamed after racist losers, rights are being stripped as we speak, fascism is in full swing, and anyone that's not a cis white American‐born male is in actual danger... but at least inflation is back up and eggs are thirty bucks a dozen.
Hi I'm Dan and my toxic trait is that I'm always optimistic about the next Jurassic Park movie even though they've been consistently disappointing since the mid-90s.
February 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Hi I'm Dan and my toxic trait is that I'm always optimistic about the next Jurassic Park movie even though they've been consistently disappointing since the mid-90s.
Super cool that it's mid-January and my wonderful city of Greenville SC still has zero access to either Nickel Boys or The Brutalist. Ffs we can't give up a screen of Kraven?
January 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Super cool that it's mid-January and my wonderful city of Greenville SC still has zero access to either Nickel Boys or The Brutalist. Ffs we can't give up a screen of Kraven?
I'm smoking a prime rib outside, drinking a mimosa and eating a box of hot tamales. Y'all are all playing for second place this New Year's.
January 1, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I'm smoking a prime rib outside, drinking a mimosa and eating a box of hot tamales. Y'all are all playing for second place this New Year's.
Why didn't anyone tell me how good The Penguin on Max is? Like, not a single rave. I blame each and every one of you here on this platform I wasn't apart of during the original airing of The Penguin on Max. It's all your fault.
December 29, 2024 at 1:33 AM
Why didn't anyone tell me how good The Penguin on Max is? Like, not a single rave. I blame each and every one of you here on this platform I wasn't apart of during the original airing of The Penguin on Max. It's all your fault.
Anyone surprised by these results doesn't have 8-year old boys living in their house.
www.forbes.com/sites/timlam...
www.forbes.com/sites/timlam...
‘Sonic The Hedgehog 3’ Leaving ‘Mufasa’ In Dust At Weekend Box Office
“Sonic the Hedgehog 3”—starring Jim Carrey and the voice of Keanu Reeves—is roaring far ahead of “Mufasa: The Lion King” in the race for this weekend’s box office crown.
www.forbes.com
December 22, 2024 at 1:55 PM
Anyone surprised by these results doesn't have 8-year old boys living in their house.
www.forbes.com/sites/timlam...
www.forbes.com/sites/timlam...
My top 5 #hallmarkchristmasmovies of 2024 with only 2 left!
1. Holiday Touchdown
2. Finnish Line
3. Sugarplummed
4. Xmas with the Singhs
5. Santa Tell Me
Weird year. My top 10 keeps changing as I keep thinking about it. Not a standout home run in the bunch... but 15 or so solid choices this year.
1. Holiday Touchdown
2. Finnish Line
3. Sugarplummed
4. Xmas with the Singhs
5. Santa Tell Me
Weird year. My top 10 keeps changing as I keep thinking about it. Not a standout home run in the bunch... but 15 or so solid choices this year.
December 18, 2024 at 1:25 AM
My top 5 #hallmarkchristmasmovies of 2024 with only 2 left!
1. Holiday Touchdown
2. Finnish Line
3. Sugarplummed
4. Xmas with the Singhs
5. Santa Tell Me
Weird year. My top 10 keeps changing as I keep thinking about it. Not a standout home run in the bunch... but 15 or so solid choices this year.
1. Holiday Touchdown
2. Finnish Line
3. Sugarplummed
4. Xmas with the Singhs
5. Santa Tell Me
Weird year. My top 10 keeps changing as I keep thinking about it. Not a standout home run in the bunch... but 15 or so solid choices this year.
Good grief Yellowstone has become almost unwatchable. The penultimate episode of the series features the writer/creator going meta about himself and how awesome he is.
Taylor Sheridan is the Donald Trump of Aaron Sorkins.
Taylor Sheridan is the Donald Trump of Aaron Sorkins.
December 10, 2024 at 1:16 AM
Good grief Yellowstone has become almost unwatchable. The penultimate episode of the series features the writer/creator going meta about himself and how awesome he is.
Taylor Sheridan is the Donald Trump of Aaron Sorkins.
Taylor Sheridan is the Donald Trump of Aaron Sorkins.
My updated top 5 #hallmarkchristmasmovies of the year, so far:
1. Holiday Touchdown
2. Finnish Line
3. Xmas with the Singhs
4. Santa Tell Me
5. Xmas Quest
1. Holiday Touchdown
2. Finnish Line
3. Xmas with the Singhs
4. Santa Tell Me
5. Xmas Quest
December 10, 2024 at 12:03 AM
My updated top 5 #hallmarkchristmasmovies of the year, so far:
1. Holiday Touchdown
2. Finnish Line
3. Xmas with the Singhs
4. Santa Tell Me
5. Xmas Quest
1. Holiday Touchdown
2. Finnish Line
3. Xmas with the Singhs
4. Santa Tell Me
5. Xmas Quest
My top 5 #hallmarkchristmasmovies of 2024 so far:
1. Holiday TD
2. Xmas with the Singhs
3. The Finnish Line
4. Santa Tell Me
5. 5 Year Xmas Party
For reference, none of these are even close to my top 5 from last year (Round and Round, Biltmore, Santa Summit, Sealed with a List, Holiday Hotline)
1. Holiday TD
2. Xmas with the Singhs
3. The Finnish Line
4. Santa Tell Me
5. 5 Year Xmas Party
For reference, none of these are even close to my top 5 from last year (Round and Round, Biltmore, Santa Summit, Sealed with a List, Holiday Hotline)
December 4, 2024 at 7:43 PM
My top 5 #hallmarkchristmasmovies of 2024 so far:
1. Holiday TD
2. Xmas with the Singhs
3. The Finnish Line
4. Santa Tell Me
5. 5 Year Xmas Party
For reference, none of these are even close to my top 5 from last year (Round and Round, Biltmore, Santa Summit, Sealed with a List, Holiday Hotline)
1. Holiday TD
2. Xmas with the Singhs
3. The Finnish Line
4. Santa Tell Me
5. 5 Year Xmas Party
For reference, none of these are even close to my top 5 from last year (Round and Round, Biltmore, Santa Summit, Sealed with a List, Holiday Hotline)